Cash-fare-slip holder.



H. E. THOMSEN. CASH FARE SLIPHOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1908.

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CASH-FARE-SLIP HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June *7, 1910.

Application filed. May 23, 1908. Serial No. 434,594.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN E. THOMSEN, citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gash-Fare-Slip Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in cash fare slip holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a suitable holder or casing, in which the cash fare slips may be stored and after having been properly filled out, the passenger receipt and auditors check ejected from the casing and the additional auditors slips retained therein.

Another object is to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable, and efficient and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct, and also one in which the several parts will not be liable to get out of working order.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and operation, an example of which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line a-a of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 4: is a cross sectional view on the line m-x of Fig. 2 looking in the di rection of the arrow, and Fig. 5 is a partial longitudinal sectional View on line s-s of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an isometric view of a frame, provided with rotatably mounted rollers at its extremities to receive the cash fare slips. Fig. 7 is an isometric view of a metallic casing adapted to inclose the frame shown in Fig. 6, a hinged closure being provided to said casing having an aperture through which the conductor may write his reports upon the slips.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the inner frame comprising side bars 2 having rounded ends 3 and 4 and connected by a supporting plate 5 and a cross strip 6.

Between the ends 3 a slip carrying roller 7 is mounted in concentric relation to the said ends and at the bottom of dove-tail grooves 8 inclining downwardly. These grooves receive keys 9 which are suitably shaped to fit in the grooves and over the roller, holding the latter in place.

It is understood that the cash fare slips are arranged in two strips 10 and 11, the strip 10 being made up of the cash fare receipts and the strip 11 being suitably formed to produce the auditors slips, the strips 10 being suitably formed to produce the passenger and auditors check, said strips being suitably coated to manifold from one to the other. The strips are stored or wound, about the roller '7 so that when passed up and over the supporting plate 5, the strip 10 will lie uppermost, permitting the conductor to fill out the cash fare receipt, the writing being manifolded upon the slips of the underlying strip 11.

It might be here stated that the frame is inclosed in a metallic casing 12 hinged at 13 and 14 and open at its sides, that is the casing covers the ends, top and bottom of the frame, having its edges terminating flush with the outer faces of the side bars 2, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, thus leaving the side bars 2 of the frame exposed. The top of the casing is provided with an opening 15 over the plate 5 and through which the cash fare strip 10 is exposed. By means of the hinge joint 14, the upper end portion is caused to form a flap 16 as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5, so that the flap may be swung outward to expose the slips and the roller 20. It is to be understood that the metal casing is thin and flexible although stout enough to hold its shape. The extreme upper end of the flap is formed into a tongue 17 and the metal gradually reduced in thickness, so that the extreme upper edge of the tongue is reduced to a knife edge. The tongue does not extend entirely across the flap, but is separated by slits 18 on each side, from lugs 18 as shown in Fig. 1. The tongue has a width slightly greater than the cash fare strips 10 and 11. The lugs 18 spring over and rest on the top of the casing and across the tearing edge 19 thereof; while the tongue not only extends under the top of the casing but under the strip 10 and over the strip 11, in other words extending between the strips, whereby the strip 10 passes out over the tongue and flap and the strip 11 passes under the tongue and down and around the roller 20 as shown in Fig. 2. The roller 20 receiving the strip 11 has a bearing in the bottom of a downwardly inclined dove-tailed groove 21 at one side. At this end the roller is held in the groove by a key 22, while at its opposite end it is provided with a square trunnion 23 fitting in the face of a spring held ratchet 24: connected to a knob 25 on the outside of the side bar 2.

It is obvious that by turning this knob from left to right with relation to Figs. 1 and 2 the strip 11 will be Wound about the roller 20 and the strips 10 ejected from the casing. Therefore after the conductor has filled out the receipt he merely turns the knob 25 until the strips 10 are projected from the casing sufliciently to enable him to tear off the receipts along the edge 19, the strip 11 being wound about the roller 20.

It is obvious that by removing the keys 9, the roller 7 may be readily removed also by removing the key 22, the roller 20 may likewise be removed. It is understood that the casing fits snugly about the frame and holds the keys in place, but may be readily opened by means of the hinges l3 and 14.

This holder provides a neat and convenient receptacle for the cash fare slips and it is obvious that strips of considerable length mav be wound about the rollers. It is further to be noted that the slips usually retained by the conductor remain in the same receptacle or holder in which they are originally placed, thus obviating the liability of the same becoming lost and the necessity of providing an additional holder for the same. A suitable strap or cord 26 may be attached to the ends 3 to form a loop or handle so that the holder may be conveniently carried.

hat I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, a frame, rollers mounted in the frame and adapted to receive a receipt strip and a record strip, a metallic casing conforming to the contour of the frame and fitting thereabout, said casing having a hinged top provided with an opening adapted to display the receipt strip, and a hinged flap formed on the casing adapted to engage and hold the top in position and provided with a tongue projecting between the receipt strip and the record strip.

2. In a device of the character described, an elongated frame, rollers removably mounted at opposite ends of the frame, one of said rollers adapted to receive a receipt strip and a record strip coiled therearounc, the other roller merely receiving the record strip, a metallic casing receiving the frame, said casing having a hinged top and provided with an opening under which the strips are passed, and a hinged flap provided with a tongue adapted to extend between the receipt strip and the record strip, the casing top having a tearing edge adjacent the flap.

In a device of the the combination with a frame consisting of two parallel side bars, having rounded eX- tremities connected by suitable cross pieces, of a roller rotatably mounted at each eX- tremity of the frame, a pawl and ratchet mechanism, whereby one of said rollers is limited to one direction of rotation, removable means normally holding said rollers in place, and a casing, adapted to receive said frame consisting of a sheet of metal, contiguous with the bottom and ends of the frame, and of sheets of metal hinged to said metallic sheet, adapted to cover the top of said frame, means being provided for fastening the last named sheets together and an aperture being provided in one of them.

character described,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN E. THOMSEN. lVitnesses WM. A. OATHEY, ERMA TINKLER. 

